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The wind of change was up early and it has been kicking up its heels here for many, even gus 37 at the altamont pass. Cordelia reports sometimes and it doesnt last. I thought it was 37 miles per hour. Some of the bridges, you will feel that breeze come up in asia bridge, maybe. Morning fog, hazy, below average High Temperatures today, but they are ready to get above. Well have more that in about 10 minutes. Over to sell now. The bay bridge toll plaza is that better or worse . We have better news there, steve. Better news at the bay bridge. That crash that we had on the st. We do have a bigger backup than normal, but at least things are moving now. The crash is gone. It was a motorcyclist and a car that got into it at about the 6 00 hour. It was clear just about 10 minutes ago. It is better now. Because of todays volume, if this were the pandemic, we would be done before the pandemic, we would be done for the morning, but this is just lighter than usual conditions, even at the bay bridge, even with all the slow traffic. If you have the luxury of waiting around and rearranging some things in your schedule, if you go later it will help. I realize not everyone can do that. Lets take a look at 80 westbound. It looks good through fairfield, but westbound highway 12 getting into fairfield, there is a crash. Misses blocking lanes and traffic is slow as you had towards fairfield on highway 12. 7 02, lets go back to the headlines. This bear the air alert for the bay area has been extended again. It is now in effect through at least tomorrow. Lets bring in ktvus sara zendehnam. Reporter if you have spent any time outside in the last couple of weeks, i am sure you have smelled and sena spoke. Even though containment is increasing for wildfires across the area, it is causing a high level of pollutants in the air. That is why for the 16th day in a row, the bay area air Quality Management district has issued a spare the air alert. That breaks the record set back in 2018 during the campfire, when alerts were issued 14 days in a row. The alert is in effect tomorrow, too. That will be day 17. The forecasted air quality for the bay area is expected to be in the moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups range, depending on where you live. Conditions can fluctuate by the hour as weather patterns shift. Some of the north bay noticed the change. Because it will be clear and then all of a sudden in the evening, our street is almost in a valley, but it just comes in and fills up quickly, is what it seems. So it doesnt seem to be consistent. Better can lead to health issues, especially for people with breathing problems like asthma or emphysema. As bad as it feels outside, though, it could actually be worse. An environmental expert tells us 70 of better during the summer normally comes from cars on the roads. With so many people staying home these days, the air is actually better than it could be. So, how can you protect yourself . Officials say to stay inside with her windows and doors closed, and is that your ac and car vents to recirculate to stop outside air from coming in. While the spirit the air alert is in effect, woodburning his band. Avoid using fireplaces, wood stoves, and outdoor fire pits. You can sign up for text alerts to find out for when this bear the air alerts are in effect by texting the word start 281757. Reporting live, sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. We are learning more about the firefighter from texas killed monday while battling the august complex fires in the Mendocino National forest. She was diana jones, a volunteer firefighter from crescent, texas, who along with her son, who is also a volunteer firefighter, came to california together to fight the flames. She died monday in an accident while repositioning her truck during a firefight. We will miss her. She was a good emt. She was just a good person. There are people that watch other people do things, and there are people that, rather than stand back, go help people do things. She was not one to stand back. Is second firefighter is being treated for burns from that accident. Diana jones spent 5 years as a volunteer firefighter in crescent, texas. Fire and National Park Officials Say it is going to be a long road to recovery at big basin redwood state park. Parts of which were burned by the czu x fire. Governor newsom surveyed the damage there, including big basin. It is on the trees that started growing 1500 years ago. Among other things, the fire destroyed big basins headquarters and nature museum. Officials say there is hope for the trees. There are a lot of characteristics of redwoods that facilitate his response to fire. One is its remarkable spreading ability. It is remarkable how many people, quite literally, that the images of what you see behind me, reached out directly to say, what can i do to help. The park will be closed to visitors for at least one mac year. The usda Forest Research Scientists Say that although some trees were lost, the majority will survive. Much of the vegetation burned in the crowns of the trees will quickly be replaced by bloods, already waiting to sprout. San Francisco Mayor will announce a new Citywide Campaign for wearing facial coverings and other ways to stay safe. She also says the city is working on a timeline for getting students back in the classroom. My plan is to do everything i can to work handinhand with the School District so that we can move forward and get kids back in school as soon as it is safely possible to do so. City leaders say in Person Learning and some kindergarten through sixth grade schools could resume by the end of this month. More than 50 schools have already been given applications for limited in Person Learning. Some San Francisco middle schools could reopen in mid october. High schools could resume in november. It all depends on the status of the coronavirus cases. A group of barbers in San Francisco that has been out of work since the pandemic started will cut hair for the first time in mont now that the city is allowing hair salons and barbershops to reopen outside, the barbers are setting up shop at the soma streat food park. It has been reserved for food trucks, but since employees are working from home, there are fewer trucks showing up. Hairstylists are now taking up some of the spaces. It felt good to run clippers through hair, and to seeing the hair on the ground. As is barbers always a hair on the ground, money in our pockets. We are excited to kind of get back to that. The barbershop collective officially opens at 10 00 this morning. It will be open seven days per week. It closes at 6 00 each night. The park owners as they hope to add manicure and Pedicure Services as early as next week. The time is now 7 08. Hair salon visit by nancy pelosi has caused a big controversy. The owner of esalon has released video of the controversial visit. Nancy pelosi can be seen walking from the washing area with wet hair, and a Face Covering apparently pulled down. In San Francisco, haircuts are now allowed outdoors, but not inside of a salon. Its frustrating. Its ridiculous. I think the stylist new, and i think nancy pelosi new. Speaker pelosis deputy chief of staff released a statement sent here saying im a quote, the speaker always wears a mask and complies with local covid requirements. This business offered for the speaker to come in on monday, and told her they were allowed by the city to have one mac customer at a time in the business. The speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by that establishment. You know, steve paulson, those of us who live far inland, we are in for a real heat up this weekend. I would agree with that. You can also include cloverdale, calistoga, morgan hill, fairfield. There are going to be many. Those will be a friend there with maybe someone a 5 to 106 readings. That is by the weekend, not today. A lot of fires, although the firefighters have had tremendous help with higher humidity and cooler temperatures. They would rather have a west wind than a northern northeast, so that is helped. There are still so many fires and a lot of smoke. You combine that with a big time fog bank, and everything is trapped. Mt. Diablo is sitting at 76 degrees, so there is an inversion which drives everything below that. The fog and the hazel make for a very hazy day if you will. By the Holiday Weekend, everything is online for what looks to be a pretty toasty weekend. It will not hang around very long, but the fire danger will go up, and also excessive heat watches start on saturday. 65 is a high in the city. Three years ago in his date, 102 and 2017. Some of you would like to forget that. September can be hot. 50s and 60s, that is not the case today. We are going to be noticeably cooler. In fact we will be below average and a lot of the High Temperatures. I dont think those temperatures are going to change it all. The breeze in fairfield has been coming down. It was up to 32 to 37 miles per hour. When the low clouds make a big push like this, then the wind starts to come down. Starting tomorrow, the high will start to kick in a little bit more, and then it really starts to build in on friday and over the weekend, and temperatures are on their way up. We are going today from pretty cool to rather warm to hot here over the next 72 hours. Below average High Temperatures, 60s, 70s, and 80s. Look for temperatures to be below average, which includes even inland areas. By tomorrow, they will start to get near average. On friday, everyone looks to be going above, and then really above on the weekend. The latest trend could have deadly results. Coming up, what parents should know about what is called the benadryl challenge. And we have more on President Trumps visit to kenosha wisconsin after a week of protests. How he says he will help the businesses damaged by protesters. You have the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on 2. You also have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. I got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. Where you can find games, news and highlights. 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Please have not determined to have shot the man but we will stay on the scene and continue to bring you more information as the story continues to develop. President trump announce federal funding for the Kenosha Wisconsin Police Department during his visit yesterday to that city. It has been hit hard by protests over the Police Shooting of jacob lake. We will provide 1 million to the kenosha Law Enforcement so that you have some extra money to go out and do what you have to do. You took a rough, it was a rough weeksaid 4 million in federal funding would be given to kenosha businesses damaged during the protests. Now, the president did not meet with the family of jacob blake during that visit, but family members is okay gathering where that shooting occurred. Our nephew was shot 7 times in the back. Nothing can justify that. We dont have any words for the orange man. All i ask is that he keep his disrespect, his a foul language come a far away from our family. During the president s visit, there were competing protests in kenosha by Trump Supporters and those who support black lives matter. Governor newsom has until the end of the month to decide whether to sign a bill that calls for more oversight of Law Enforcement. The measure would create a statelevel agency and would require the California Attorney General Office to investigate deadly shootings by Police Officers instead of local district attorneys. Civil rights lawyer John Burroughs says that it eliminates conflict of interest or perceived biases. For them to come in and conduct investigations into this shootings, to me that is the only way youre going to get confidence. We are willing to sit down and work with you, but lets make sure the legislation is thought out. It is not rushed. Tougher proposals that were tabled were including stripping officers of badges if they get written up, and eliminating the use of rubber bullets and tear gas to control clouds. Ben jerrys ice cream is making another push against racial injustice. The ice cream giant company is behind a podcast on the history of racism and White Supremacy in this country. It is called who we are. It is expected to shine a light on how corporate behavior, hiring, and investment practices can create racism. It is a 6 part series. It premieres september 15th. A committee set up by the government of the city of washington, d. C. Is recommending changes to several monuments, parks, schools, and other buildings. That includes the Washington Monument. The jefferson memorial, and statues of Benjamin Franklin and andrew jackson. Task force say the man honored had connections to slavery or racism, and the honors should be removed or be put into context. The recommendations are being met with some disapproval because many of the suggested changes are on property that belong to the federal government. The white house aide tweeted, i am not even sure what relocating the Washington Monument would even entail. Lets see how this was a morning commute is treating us, those of us who have to hit the road. He showed us an earlier problem on the bay bridge that wouldve been a real problem seven months ago. It would have been a bigger problem, that is for sure. It is still causing slow traffic, although the traffic has recovered quite quickly. Westbound traffic is crowded, but it is moving through. At least to believe that this will be better and just about an hour or so. So, the crashes are gone on the bay bridge and all the lanes are open. We do have a crush on highway 12 at brands come. We just got the call for a brandnew accident on westbound 80 at the American Canyon offramp. That is an injury crash and that just came in. It hasnt caused slow traffic yet, but if youre coming out to the American Canyon area on 80, you may start seeing a backup. We will follow that for you. Lets bring steve back and with todays weather. We do have a strong wind gust. Overnight they were up to 40 miles per hour, and now we are seeing 20 to 25. Mostly cloudy. Combine that with the the firef are getting a good handle on it because of the cooler temperatures and higher humidity, they know a big warmup is around the corner. Today will be to their advantage because of the cooler temperatures and higher humidity in place. Everything is showing signs that tomorrow it will bump up more and then on the weekend, sunday looks to be the hottest day. Some of us could be around 106 and the most inland locations. Three years ago today was really hot. Santa rosa was 110 for the daily record. Tennessee was 107. Today, the forecast are all in the 70s, to 78 in san jose. Big difference, but some of those temperatures look like they are not far away as we had to the weekend. 56 is maybe not that hot, but it will still be pretty warm. 50s and 60s along the peninsula, san carlos, sfo, Mountain View, menlo park, san jose. There is your breeze, it is to onshore. The leader of the pack with a gust up to 42. It is down to around 30 now. We have below average High Temperatures. The lows are above, but the highs will stay below at least today. Starting tomorrow, we will get a bump up to near average, and then they go about starting on friday, and for sure on the weekend. Coming up, President Trump and democratic president candidate joe biden are strongly at odds over the reopening of schools during the pandemic. The difference in policies as students are learning from home not the classroom, for the most part. We all know the pandemic has dramatically changed how children are learning. After break, the voice activated learning tool that is gaining popularity and making it easier for both children and their parents. vo i have the best job in the world. I get to remind people of their grandmothers conchitas. Give the little kids cookies. And celebrate birthdays with all our neighbors. Hopefully, well be part of this community for many, many more years. The makers of benadryl are working with tiktok to help put a stop to what has become a deadly trend on the app. The benadryl challenge calls for participants to take several doses of the medicine until they start hallucinating. Last week a 15yearold oklahoma girl died after overdosing on the drug. Johnson and johnson says, as with any medicine, abuse or misuse can lead to serious side effects, and benadryl products should only be used as directed by the label. Today, democratic president ial nominee joe biden will get a briefing from education experts on how and when to safely reopen schools. He has criticized President Trumps push to get schools to reopen for inperson classes, sing Health Experts have warned that it could lead to a surgeon new covid19 cases. The Trump Administration says the president s push for students to return to classrooms as part of an effort to get the economy back on its feet. He has not provided the resources schools need, and as a result, cases have exploded. Schools are forced to grapple with reopening in an environment of much greater risk. Every single day i think we are one day closer to the day we have that vaccine, in addition to the therapeutics that we have, and we put this coronavirus in the past. The Trump Administration accuses joe biden of siding with teachers unions. Parents concerned about how their children will do with Remote Learning this school year are turning to a new tool, voice learning. That is big numbers. Bamboo learning has created a Virtual Learning app that works similar to a way a teacher would work with students in the classroom. One family from Washington State says one of the benefits is that their children are spending less time in front of the screen. It asks them to recall details, and i know that that is really important for their brain development, to be able to do that. That is an important skill in life in general. Children just have to tell alexa what subjects they want to work on instead of trying to remember passwords to log onto different programs. She says that her children think it is more of a game than schoolwork, and that helps keep them excited about learning. We are in september, and that means apple is getting ready to announce new products. Coming up, details on the new Iphone Models and when they are expected to be released. It is been called the countrys first Wildfire Research center and it is here in the bay area. 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From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to mornings on 2. I am dave clark. And i am gasia mikaelian. We are in for a dramatic warm up. My beloved neighbor ran over some popsicles for my little boys, and we said, lets save these for saturday and sunday, because a couple of days ago we were chilly period i would agree. They will come in handy by the weekend. We are in a cool pattern today. I just stepped outside and my neighbors were taking a walk and they said, far less smoke today. And i said i know. I know. It is moving east with that strong westwind, and also a really solid fog bank. I mean, it is not going anywhere anytime soon, at least not today. 58 to 60, and temperatures are stuck. The lows are below average. While i was 59 and i should be 54. The High Temperature will be well below average. The wind of change is still gusting pretty strong out to cordelia. If you have to go up 680, maybe to cordelia, or over to 80, it has been really rocking and rolling all night and into the Early Morning hours. Breezy to windy for some. Altamont pass has had gusts up to 37. High temperatures are in the 60s, 70s, and low 80s today. Over to sal. We did have an issue on the bay bridge toll plaza. That is better now, right . It is better now, and the freeways are getting a little more crowded, but we dont have anything major on the bridge anymore. We do have some selling on interstate 80 driving in from hercules and richmond to the berkeley and emeryville area, down to oakland. It is a 30 minute drive and it is taking a little longer. 30 minutes is the longest i have seen it in a while. Usually it is 18 or 20. This morning you have to add an extra 10 minutes. At the bay bridge, there is more time to wait because of an earlier crash. I do want to mention the accident approaching fairfield on highway 12 near brent come. The traffic is going to be slow heading west. Lets go back to the headlines. San Francisco Mayor london breed wants to see schools back in classrooms for in Person Learning by the end of this month. Ktvus allie rasmus is here to tell us more. Reporter looking to reopen schools during a pandemic is a question, and london breed says it is not completely with her control to mandate that kids go back to the classroom, even though she says, however, that she wants to get kids back into San Francisco classrooms as soon as it is safe to do so. She believes that the process should begin to start discussing how to do that. The youngest students, kindergarten through sixth grade, could be going back to class as soon as this month with the proposed timeline. Middle schools could open by midoctober, and high schools potentially by november. It all depends on what happens with the spread of covid19 in the community between now and then. Private and Charter Schools are expected to be the first to reopen because reopening any Public Schools would involve additional negotiations with teachers unions. More than 50 schools have already submitted applications and safety plans to the county Health Department in order to reopen for limited in Person Learning this month. The mayor says Elementary School applications will be granted first, and she explained why. We know how vital it is that kids have access to people who are able to help them with their lesson plans. I am extremely concerned about the future of our children as we continue with covid. That is why we have to make prioritizing the ability to get our schools reopen, we have to put that at the forefront. Now San Francisco is in the states red category when it comes to covid19 infections. It is in better shape than just about every other county in the bay area. Now, under state rules, if i county stays in that red category for more than 14 days, they can choose to allow schools to reopen. As the mayor said, it is not entirely her decision. There is a process involved in reopening schools, consulting with parents, district leaders, administrators, and teachers, especially with those Public Schools. She says it is a process that should begin this month. Reporting live, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Today at noon, Governor Newsom will give us an update on the coronavirus in california. The numbers of new virus cases have been trending down since the middle of last month. There are now 717,000 virus cases in california according to Johns Hopkins university. More than 4500 virus cases were reported yesterday. Californias single day record of virus cases, 13,000 around the end of july. And 13,172 people have died from the virus here in california. The Public Health officer and one north bay county says that he has seen a dramatic turnaround in just the past few weeks. Dr. Matt willis says that in august, marin county recorded half the number of confirmed cases it had in july. He says the number of deaths is down and there were fewer outbreaks. He said that could all change a people relax too much during the upcoming Labor Day Holiday weekend. When it comes to labor day, think small, think remote, think outside, and virtual celebrations are great. We are still vulnerable to losing the gains we have achieved a free relax too quickly. We have seen that happen already. We saw that happen in the month of june. Lets take that as a lesson for how we approach september. He says because things have improved, there are now new risks of more infections. This includes hair salons and restaurants being led to welcome customers back indoors, as well as children possibly returning to the classroom. It is 7 36. The church in santa clara has been fined now more than 50,000 for Holding Indoor Church Services during the pandemic, violating health restrictions. North Valley Baptist Church has been hit with the fines. They were first fined 10,000, but after more services were held last wednesday and this past sunday, they have been find that the 2000. The pastor says his members have the right to gather and worship. We are not closing down this church. I hope you get this message. I dont know what the consequences on your part is going to be, but i know that america, i know america does not want this to happen in her country and at this church. Now churches and other houses of worship are ordered to stop Holding Indoor Services Back in midmarch. There is no set timeline for reopening. A year ago today, 34 people were killed in a deadly fire on a scuba diving boat in Southern California. The conception dive boat carrying 33 passengers on a Labor Day Weekend diving expedition off of santa barbara. The fires started while the passengers were sleeping. The captain and four crew members escaped, but one crewmember did die. Investigations into the cause of the fire continue, and into whether someone is to blame. The boats captain could face a federal charge of manslaughter. A cal fire is gaining ground on the biggest wildfires burning here in the bay area. The lnu light and complex fire in the north bay is now 74 contained. It is burned 586 square miles. That is a total area bigger than all of marin county. More than 1400 buildings have been destroyed. That includes 157 homes in sonoma county, 295 homes in napa county, and 299 homes in solano county. San Jose State University has opened what has been called the countrys First Wildlife Wildfire Research center. It is being called the wildfire Interdisciplinary Research center. The new department includes five tenuretrack professors each focused on a different aspect of wildfires. Research has shown that wildfires will continue to grow and become were frequent as a result of climate change. Researchers say this enters new modeling capabilities will be able to predict what changes will come to the weather and topography. Wildfires create their own weather, and this is the only model in the world i can actually forecast how that impacts fire behavior. The University Says it hopes valuable, not just for californians, but for people around the world, and the growing threat of wildfires. It is 7 39. Happening right now, the city of pleasanton is getting ready to cut down a tree that is about 125 years old. Longtime residents are pretty angry about this, saying that tree is a landmark. This is a live picture of that huge tree we are talking about. It is at alliance wayside park. The city says it is taking down the tree because it is infected with an incurable fungus, and it is causing the branches to fall down on people. The 90yearold residence says the city should have notified the community about cutting industry sooner. This tree is my statue of liberty for the city of pleasanton. I hate to see it go. I was noticing on the back of the tree that there is actually a hard that is there. To me this is the heart of pleasanton. So, it is smalltime type of feel that is here. As you can see, very emotional. A city representative says pleasanton is not required to issue a Public Notice to remove a tree, but they did announce it on social media because this tree is so popular. It will take several days to cut down and clear out that huge tree. Lets talk about what happening in pleasanton and beyond. It is not just the east bay that is going to see a real warmup in the coming days. Everybody will, inland, no doubt about it. Even the coast will jump in. There will be some pretty toasty numbers away from the coast, but today is a cool day. Temperatures all across the board will be below average. We have a lot of fog and low clouds. The air quality has improved. The worst areas are up towards santa rosa, but a lot have fallen. Some have come way down from 45 days ago. There has been some improvement i dont smell any smoke at all. The wind has helped some. We need to get that strong west southwest wind that is taking a lot of that smoke and blowing it eastward. But the weekend will get hot again. That hot Holiday Weekend will start on friday. The hottest today looks to be sunday. We will have and excessive heat watch kicking in that saturday at 11 00 in the morning and goes through monday. 50s and 60s on the temperatures right now. They are not moving at all. This will be another day where temperatures i dont think they are going to get near average for some. They will be about 5 to 7 degrees below. A pretty good breeze in the oakland and Berkeley Hills there. But it is out towards fairfield, and especially cordelia, they were up to 42. Watch out on 80 and maybe 680, if you have to travel that way, and even on 12. If you are taking 80 over to napa, maybe 29, there have been gus at around 25 miles per hour. If you like the cool, today is the day to embrace. After today we are going to start warming up. Morning fog, sunny and hazy, below average High Temperatures. The lows are above but the highs will be well below. The city is at 65, this should be 70. It doesnt mean we are not going to get there soon. We will, starting a little bit tomorrow, but more so on friday. Then everyone gets in on the big warmup. The good news is it looks like after monday, we will start to cool down again. It will not hang around for 10 days like the last one. Still ahead, new numbers on how americans are spending their money during the covid19 pandemic point we will take a good look at backtoSchool Spending despite the fact that most children are learning from him. We will have the story of six men on a journey from chile to antarctica. 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Switch to xfinity internet and get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. Welcome back to mornings on 2. A powerful typhoon hit the Southern Islands of japan with wind up to 100 miles per hour, and damaged homes and businesses there. Hundreds of homes in okinawa lost power. Look at these pictures. That typhoon is expected to hit south korea by tomorrow. Back in this country, new this morning, two final design proposals will be unveiled for a new state flag for mississippi. A commission is selecting one to replace the 126yearold banner that included the confederate battle emblem. The final recommendation will go on the november ballot. If the voters approve it, it will become mississippis new state flag. If not, the design process will start all over again. The time now is 7 47. Anthony rando and is apologizing to an east bay law to make her after she was denied a proxy vote a month after she gave birth to her new baby. State Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks traveled from oakland to sacramento for the final day of the legislative session. She asked if she could vote remotely because of the pandemic , but she was turned down by the Assembly Speaker, saying Maternity Leave is not considered a high risk category for covid19. We are all faced with incredible challenges right now given covid19, and i think what this is also showed us is that you know, our social system is not prepared for this. We dont value working families are working parents, especially new parents. The Assembly Speaker said his intention was never to be insensitive, and says he is committed to doing better and taking into account the unique needs of his members. Old navy based in San Francisco is helping to fill a need for the 2020 elections. Old navy will pay store employees to be election workers this november. They will also get paid by their local county for doing that work. Old navy has 50,000 employees, and say they are going to work with a Nonprofit Group to recruit a quarter Million People to make sure polling sites are properly staffed. In todays dollars and cents, ford is cutting jobs now. Apple is getting ready to launch some new phones, and macys, they are trying something new. Pam cook is here now with all the details. Reporter good morning. Macys plans to test out some Smaller Stores to see how they do. Now, the retailer is looking for ways and ideas to combat the malls that have been suffering across the country, in many cities. They expect to see some standalone stores, macys and bloomingdales. No word on where those first small stores will be. When the opening bell rang this morning, shares in cocacola and intel started trading up, but investors are taking some gains in apple and tesla, selling off some of those stocks. Those are down a bit today after some big games this week. Taking alive look at the big board, the dow, the nasdaq, and the s p 500 are up this morning , with the dow jones gaining more than three quarters of a percent. The s p 500 up more than a half of a percent. 35, 48 there. The nasdaq up slightly as well. We are receiving some conflicting reports about consumer spending. The j. P. Morgan Economist Says although the extra 600 in Unemployment Benefits expired, spending did not drop significantly. Now a separate report finds backtoSchool Spending actually be up this year. As we know, parents are not buying a lot of new clothing, shoes, or backpacks because of remote instruction, but many have been forced to buy more expensive items, such as computers and desks. Ford is cutting another 1400 jobs as it looks for ways to cut costs. The automaker confirmed all of the positions being eliminated are for salaried workers. Ford says they are part of the 11 billiondollar Global Restructuring that it started two years ago. They have been shifting away from cars to focus on crossovers, suvs, and its f150 truck line. It is also putting a new emphasis on electric and autonomous vehicles. Apple reportedly planning to launch 4 new Iphone Models with 5g compatibility next month. According to a report from bloomberg, apple will introduce two standard iphone 12 models, as well as two pro models. The tech giant is also planning to launch a redesigned ipad air tablet. Two were models of its apple watch, and its first pair of apple branded over the ear headphones. Now apple usually unveils new models in september, but this years lunch is likely delayed due to the 5g upgrades, and the pandemic. Apple has said that it plans to bring out some phones with lower prices, however most of the reports on a sneak peek of what is to come are that they will be even more expensive than the last round of phones. I am pam cook. That is a look at your dollars and cents. It is now 7 51. Lets bring sal back. Everybody behaving for you and the roads right now . You have been pretty busy today. For the most part, we are doing pretty well point im looking here at the golden gate bridge. I can show it to you. The fog is not quite there. It was a lot closer to the deck anyway then it was, then it is, yesterday it was a lot closer to the deck. This morning it is cloudy but it is not foggy there. As you can see, traffic is moving along pretty well. 80 westbound, the east shore freeway is going to be okay. If you are driving on the richmond bridge, there is a little bit of a backup here. I can show you the traffic is just going to be a little bit slow. The babe rages recovering from some earlier problems. It is still pretty sick as we get closer towe had on the span in the 6 00 hour that is now gone. 7 52, lets bring stephen with todays weather. It is overcast. Every reporting station on what we called it our lisa says cloudy. Santa rosa, concord, livermore, san jose, everybody else in between. We had screaming went overnight. It has tapered off a little bit but it will be a very blustery day here today. Temperatures take a tumble and they will settle and below average, on the high side, across the board. We have a big fog bank out there, but it may take a while. Sometimes you know you can tell your temperature by the time your fog burns off, and i dont think it is burning off for a while here for many today. Tomorrow we start a little warm up, and then a big warmup will take us into the weekend. Temperatures will soar as we had sunday into monday. 60s, cordelia has been coming down a little bit, but still west at 35. Watch out a viewer 680 out that direction, or the bridges, the venetian bridge, and some of the bridges as well, even the ultima pass. It is going to be a windy and cool days for us, but this will probably take a backseat to everything in the next 72 hours mama because temperatures will go up. Today is not the case. They are staying below average on the high, which translates into 60s, 70s, and low 80s for some. It will be 20 degrees hotter as we head towards saturday. It is 7 54. With so many people working from home now and students Distance Learning, a lot of families want more space at home. Coming up at 8 00, how home offices are moving outdoors to get away from everybody else in the house. Plus, a new documentary about the life and the death of Robin Williams. Details on the disease he suffered from in his final months. But first, the divorce rates are up during this pandemic. After the break, we will break down the numbers and tell you about how the pandemic is affecting newlyweds. Dont forget, you can have the Morning Headlines delivered right to you by signing up with the new ktvu newsletter. Go to ktvu. Com email, and sign up for the daily service. Welcome back to mornings on 2. A new report on how hard the pandemic has been on married couples. A report from the legal template says divorce rates in the u. S. Jumped 34 between march and june, compared to 2019. A third of the divorcing couples said the pandemic and the lockdown were to blame. Newlyweds were hit the hardest. 20 of the divorcing couples have been married for five months or less. The time is 7 58. The oakland as wont play again until friday at the earliest. Someone in the organization tested positive for the coronavirus. Everybody else, except for that one person, has had at least two negative tests. Major League Baseball is not taking any chances. They are delaying the as. Theyre scheduled to play friday in oakland starting a series against the san diego padres. In the meantime, the San Francisco giants wrap up a series is afternoon against the rockies. Yesterdays game between them was one for the record books. The giants beat them 235. Alex dickerson hit three home runs, tied a major ueson emma d and Brandon Crawford each drove in 6 runs apiece. The team in baseball history had ever had three of its players6 runs in one game. Todays game against the Colorado Rockies starts at 12 10. A smoky record right here in the bay area as we have had the longest stretch of spare the air alerts. My Health Experts say it could be much worse, and when those clear blue skies will return. A yearlong closure at big basin redwoods state park. Why park Officials Say it will be a long road to recovery, and why there is hope for those ancient trees. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi goes inside a close to San Francisco hair salon to get her hair done. What other salon owners are saying about the monday appointment, and House Speaker pelosi is now responding. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is wednesday, november 2nd. I am mike mibach. So many other counties in the bay area, you know, if you have a great clips or supercuts, you can go inside and get a haircut. My son and i went in yesterday because it is allowed in our county. The sound of those clippers had a very sweet, pam. I know, it has been tough on that business in particular. For me it has been nice to have a haircut. Its definitely one of our big stories. Another big story is the weather. Steve paulson is here. We are watching the air quality and the wind, because we have a number of fire still out there. We do. They have been getting a break, though, because of the higher humidity and cooler temperatures. That has allowed them to get a lot of progress here. Unfortunately, they know the same thing i know. By the weekend it is going to get a lot tougher here. Today will be another day, but the air quality has improved a lot for many compared to a couple of days ago. It has dramatically improved, but still some unhealthy air out there. For some, it is the best they have seen or smelled and 45 days. 50 or 60s on the temperatures here. Its a roaring went overnight for some. We have an onshore wind, so with that in place, and also the fog, it is going to be a breezy to windy day. So, below average High Temperatures. Everyone below average hereby a good amount, too. Santa rosa is off by 10 compared to average. Over to sell now. We had a couple of blips on the radar. That is better. Highway 12 getting over there, it is going to be slow in solano county. I will talk about that in just a moment. You can see the traffic between the quirkiness bridge in the macarthur maze is taking about 25 minutes, and the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see the traffic there is going to be a little slow as well. This is largely due to earlier problems. We happily commute going there. We still have a highway 12 towards fairfield, it has been kind of, well, it has been very slow getting out there. Interstate 80 looks okay as you drive towards vallejo. 8 02, lets go back to the headlines. That spare the air alert for the bay area has been extended again. It is now in effect at least through tomorrow. Sara zendehnam joins us now with more on the record breaking streak of days with his poor air quality. Reporter good morning. Over the next two days, the forecasted air quality for the bay area is expected to be in the moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups range, really depending on where you live. Wildfire smoke is causing a high level of pollutants in their air. The 16th day in a row, the bay area air Quality Management group has issued a spare the air alert. It is in effect tomorrow, too. That will be day 17. To put it in perspective, if you remember how bad the air was in 2018 during the campfire, spare the air alerts were issued 14 days in a row at that time. So this recent stretch breaks that record of most consecutive alerts. There are unique challenges with forecasting the air quality this time around. Because there are so many fires, at one point it was 8 of the 9 counties. You know, there are so many points of impact for the bay area that it really has been hard to track exactly what will happen from day to day and hour to hour. That is been very challenging for our airquality forecasters during this period. Reporter bad air can lead to health issues, especially for people with breathing problems like asthma or emphysema. Officials say you can protect yourself by staying inside with your windows and doors closed, and setting your ac and car vents to recirculate to stop outside air from coming in. While this bear the air alert is in effect, woodburning his band. Avoid using fireplaces, wood stoves, and outdoor fire pits. As bad as it feels outside, it actually could be worse. An environmental expert tells us 70 of bad air during the summer normally comes from cars on the roads. With so many people staying home these days, the air is actually better than it could be. Now, you can sign up for text alerts to find out when a spare the air alert is in effect by texting the word start to 81757. Reporting live, sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. New information about the firefighter who died fighting a wildfire up north in the Mendocino National forest. He has now been identified as diana jones, a volunteer firefighter from crescent, texas. Jones, along with her son, who is also a volunteer firefighter, came to california together to fight the august complex fire. She died monday in an accident while repositioning her truck. Lots of us will miss her. She was a good emt. She was just a good person. There are people that watch other people do things, and there are people that, rather than stand back, go help people do things. She was not one to stand back. A second firefighter is being treated for burns from the accident. Diana jones spent five back years as a volunteer firefighter right there in crescent, texas. Fire and National Park Officials Say it is going to be a long road to recovery at big basin National Redwood state park. Parts of which were burned comp basin, which is californias oldest state park. It is home to some trees that started growing 1500 years ago. Among other things, the fire destroyed big basins headquarters and major museum. Officials say there is hope for the trees. There are a lot of characteristics of redwoods that facilitate its response to fire. One is its remarkable sprouting ability. It is remarkable how many people, quite literally, that saw images of what you see behind me, reached out directly to say what can i do to help. Now the park will be closed to visitors for at least one year. Usda Forest Research Scientists Say some trees were lost, the majority will survive, and much of the vegetation earned the backgrounds of the trees were quickly be replaced by buds already waiting to sprout. Severance khmer london breed will announce a new campaign when it comes to wearing Face Coverings, and other ways to say stay safe. She is also working on how to get a timeline to get students back into the classroom. My plan is to do everything i can to work handinhand with the School District so that we can move forward and get kids back in school as soon as it is safely possible to do so. City leaders say in Person Learning add some k through five schools could resume by the end of the month. More than 50 schools have already been given applications for limited in Person Learning. Some San Francisco middle schools could also reopen by midoctober. High schools could resume in november, all depending on the status of coronavirus cases. This morning, some barbers in San Francisco who have been out of work for months since the pandemic started will start to cut hair for the first time in months. Now that the city is allowing hair salons and barbershops to reopen outdoors, barbers are setting up at the soma streat food park. The area had been reserved for food trucks, but, since tech employees are working from home, fewer customers and fewer food trucks. Hairstylists are now taking over the space. It felt good to actually run clippers through hair and just seeing the hair on the ground. Us as barbers, we always say hair on the ground, money in our pockets. We are excited to get back to that. Now the barbershop collective officially opens at 10 00 this morning. It will be open 7 days per week and close at 6 00 each night. The park owner hopes to add manicure and Pedicure Services as early as next week. A visit by house Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a San Francisco hair salon this week has caused some controversy. It was yesterday when the owner of a esalon released a video from inside the shop, located on union street. The owner says on monday afternoon, house Speaker Nancy Pelosi can be seen walking from the washing area with wet hair and a Face Covering , that looks pulled down right around her neck. In San Francisco right now, as pam reported, salons can operate outside, but no one is allowed to work on the inside. Its frustrating. Its ridiculous. I think the stylist new, and i think nancy pelosi new. Speaker pelosis deputy chief of staff sent out a statement to ktvu , saying, quote, the speaker always wears a mask and complies with local covered requirements. This business offered for the speaker to come in on monday, and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business. The speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by this establishment. It is tricky. I have talked to many Business Owners who have to continually check in with the county themselves to try to find out exactly what is allowed and what isnt allowed. And it is changing every day. Lets check in with steve paulson. It is 8 10 this morning. We are talking about that spare the air alert being extended at least until tomorrow, but maybe into the weekend because it is going to heat up, right . Yes. The air quality is a little better today. The wind will push it towards the east and some of the levels will come down. We will get a lot of stagnant areas and High Pressure will build, but today it has been all about the wind. I am still getting gusts of around 25 to 30 here. The wind of change for this midweek news on your wednesday, make fog bank. San francisco, 65, 59, the highest five degrees before average, but the low is four degrees above the record. See, it came down four degrees. There are many in the city who put that out of their memory. They dont ever want to revisit that again. 50s and 60s on the temperatures here, and cordelia has been anywhere 32 to 42 miles per hour. A pretty good breeze through the straight, and out towards port chicago and even pittsburgh. Some of the Higher Elevations as well, even up about 20 to 35 miles per hour. Breezy to windy today. Morning fog. This is a stubborn fog bank. It will take a long time to bring back for some. 60s, 70s, costent bay. Even upper 70s for those in land. Well inland, low 80s. We will start a warmup tomorrow, and then we are going way above, especially on the weekend. Sunday right now looks to be the hottest today. It will be hot for many with an excessive heat watch starting on saturday. The latest trend on tiktok could have deadly results. What parents should know about the benadryl challenge. It is a grueling drilling from chile to antarctica. We will introduce you to a bay area native who took on what is known as the impossible road. You have the power of two newscasts tonight, the 10 00 in the 11 00 news. And you have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. So youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is know it 15. 6 athletes, one boat, no motor, and no turning back. Mental in their 30s attempting to cause drakes passage where the atlantic and pacific meet off the tip of south america. Ktvus Frank Mallicoat joins us now with what is being called the impossible road. Frank, i cant even imagine this. Reporter just imagine how cold the water is, too. Its crazy. But it is crazy, but it happened. Imagine two weeks ago, imagine a twoweek nonstop row from chile all the way to antarctica. It has never ever been done before until now. We shot the feature last february, but we held onto it because of the pandemic. Here is the impossible row featuring a teammate that grew up right here in the bay area. The water, it was the same principles. Reporter peterson took a teaching sabbatical in december. He had five others did what no men have ever done before, rode across the deadly drake passage. Six other plus miles from the tip of chile to antarctica. 13 days through the worlds most treacherous water. Facing frigid 30 foot waves, and the formal yale crew crapped and lived to tell the tale. Imagine sitting in a washing machine with a blindfold on, and the water being freezing, basically, zero degrees celsius, or 32 degrees fahrenheit. That is the kind of feeling you get. Six elite athletes are attempting to survive arctic cold temperatures. Reporter their expedition was captured by the discovery channel. Six thrill seekers wrote a 90 minute shifts in a 29 foot boat called the ohana. It was dubbed the impossible row. While three would row, the others would eat and sleep a night and day in snug quarters. 300 plus continuous hours on the ocean with just the two 10 hour breaks. I have always been super interested in teams and how teams come together, and i just wanted to try something that i thought was going to be once in a lifetime, and this was it. And chilly, evening roads are hard and midnight rose are even harder. It is just quiet. You cant really see very much. Reporter day five, peterson hit the wall, nauseous and fatigued, he barely made his shift during a stormy night. His solace, his 19 month old daughter. For the rest of that shift, what i did is just that her over and over againsmall thing, looking at the or in front of me and saying her name, that is what got me through. I went from feeling like i was going to die to being, like, i can do this. Land , land. Reporter on Christmas Day emma they reached antarctica. With frostbitten toes and 20 pounds lighter, peterson was the first to step out of the boat, exhausted and completely satisfied. I had this constant stress the entire trip of, oh my god, i am not going to make it home to my kid. I am not going to make it home to my wife. To be able to step on land and be like i am going to make it home, it felt like all of this stress just rolled off my body. Welcome back. Reporter two weeks later, he was back at work. The impossible row was complete, but many reminders at the school. After all, this was a teaching moment, not just for his students, but for peterson, too. It is the same principle as being in the school, being on the drake. The challenges happen and you rely on others to help. If anybody else wants to row with me, bring it on, lets do it. Reporter john is a principal for a school in oakland, and i will tell you what, he has earned every bit of that title, being a you know what is a principal. He is extraordinary. He appreciates everything just a little bit more, especially to hunt his wife and his young daughter. His next adventure is to scale Mount Rainier in washington with one of his fellow rowers. I think he is going to do it. Im Frank Mallicoat, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you for that. Not just the physical strength but the mental strength to do what they did. Very impressive. 8 19 on the clock. Lets check in. I dont know if that is something we can do, but maybe we should stick to maybe something, i dont know, maybe the oakland estuary. We will start small and then build their way up. Remember when we were in an upstairs studio, we could see people roaming by on the estuary, so, yeah, you are right. You are right. We should start there. I miss that. I do too. We are starting off on highway 12 because we have had kind of a problem that refuses to go away on 12 westbound coming up near fairfield. You can see, i use my arrow the wrong way, but you can see it is right there. Give yourself plenty of time in that area, because you are going to need it when it comes to this. Now if you are driving on the santa cruz mountains, we havent talked about 17. It has been wide open. The south bay freeways are good. There is still some fire closures in the santa cruz mountains. On the golden gate bridge, a much different picture today than yesterday. It is not quite as foggy. If you are driving on the bay bridge, you still have a backup. This is largely due to earlier problems that have disappeared in from the span. 8 21, lets bring steve in. Thank you. We will get right to it. A cool day is on tap, at least for the High Temperatures. Now, the wind was just going bonkers overnight. It is calming down a little bit for most. There is a huge fog bank out there. Every reporting station on the hourly says cloudy. By that i mean santa rosa, concord, livermore, san jose. That could change during the hour, but the wind of change is breezy to windy. We have a very big fog bank. There will be a lot of sun as we head toward to friday and into the weekend. Fire danger will increase, and excessive heat watch will kick in on saturday. It will jump into the 100s. Still a good breeze for some over the bridges at Higher Elevations, though it has come down. Cordelia was the leader of the pack today at 42 miles per hour. There is going to be some breezy to windy conditions today. Morning fog and a lot of fog. The basin has seen to come up a little bit. Today is it of up above the spam. After today, it is on its way up. That is the high temps. Thats a much thursday but no doubt about friday. It looks pretty toasty as we go into the weekend. It is 8 22, at a new movie comes out today that looks at the life and death of Robin Williams. We have the story of the life changing disease, and his final months. Plus, President Trump and democratic candidate joe biden battling it out over the reopening of schools during the pandemic. Download the fox 2 weather app, the power to prepare. So youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. Welcome back. It is now 8 25 here in mornings on 2. The makers of benadryl are working with tiktok to put a stop to it of the trend. The benadryl challenge calls for participants to take several doses of the medicine until they start hallucinating. Last week, a 15yearold girl in oklahoma died after overdosing on the drug. Johnson johnson says, as with any medicine, abuse or misuse can lead to serious side effects, and benadryl products should only be used as directed by the label. Today, democratic president ial nominee joe biden will get a briefing from education officials on how and when to safely reopen schools across the country. He has criticized President Trumps push to get schools to reopen for in person classes, saying Health Experts have warned that it has the potential to lead to a surgeon new coronavirus cases. The Trump Administration says that the push was all part of an effort to get the economy back on its feet. He has not provided the resources schools need, and as a result, cases have exploded. Schools are forced to grapple with reopening in an environment of much greater risk. Every single day i think we are one day closer to the day we have that vaccine, in addition to the therapeutics that we have, and we put this coronavirus in the past. The Trump Administration accuses joe biden of siding with the teachers union. Still to come, september is here and that means apple is getting ready to announce new products. Details on the new Iphone Models and when they are expected to be released. Stomach it is being called the countrys first Wildfire Research center and it is right here in the bay area. How it may help californians and people around the world. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att students are preparing to get back into the classroom in San Francisco. How soon mayor london breed once classrooms filled in the schools that will reopen first. Also a church in the south bay hit with a hefty fine for once again violating health restrictions. We will tell you just how much north valley baptist has to pay, and how the pastor response. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Well, husband, father, no i. T. Guy. I am a little late to join you, mike, but a big shout out to my husband to get me back on track. Work from home is teaching us new things every day. I want you in a good place here. To take another 30 if you have to. I dont want you stressed. These gray hairs are nuisance at 7 45. Oh please. Oh please. Happy wednesday. A quick check of weather and traffic. Lets go to steve paulson, a little overcast, steve. If it is any consolation, i had stress here at 3 30 in the morning when my whether computer would not load. But, yes, but, we made it. Thank you, mike, yes, i do know the feeling. I also know the feeling of when it is going to be a cooler day and that is today. There is a lot of fog in place. Every reporting station and saying cloudy again. That is a huge fog bank. I dont know, i might be running into trouble here. My computer has been acting up all morning long. Let me load this and see what is going on right there . Do we have temperatures . Yes we do. Lets go with the is right here. 50s and cloudy. There we go, from a santa rosa to oakland, livermore, san jose. They have not budged all morning long. The wind is dying down right now but it was roaring overnight. It is still a breezy to blustery day. It may take a while to get son. You can see up in the oakland and Berkeley Hills, not bad, but it has out to cordelia and 30 to 40 miles per hour. We are looking for highs today to be below average. By tomorrow they will start to get near average. Below average High Temperatures , and also 80s. If you like cooler temperatures, today is your day. Lets head over to sal and see if there is anything happening over at highway 12. Is that still a problem . Highway 12 is slow oma and we have also had problems on 680 this morning. There was a crash that is clearing up, and the traffic is going to be slow. Lets put highway 12 on the map first and you can see that traffic is going to be slow. I will tell you that southbound 680, if you are driving into danville, watch for slow traffic at that location. Also watch for a bunch of slow traffic this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza because of an earlier accident. 8 33, lets go back to the headlines. San Francisco Mayor london breeds says she wants to see some students back in the classroom for in Person Learning at least by the end of the month. Allie rasmus joins us now with more on the timeline. It is wanting to talk about it and another to execute this during a pandemic. Reporter that is exactly right, especially since there are so many parties and groups involved when it comes to reopening schools in any capacity in the middle of a pandemic. Even mayor london breed herself admitted that she does not have 100 control of this decision. The districts, the teachers, the parents are all involved in deciding when schools should reopen in San Francisco. Even so, the mayor says she wants to do everything within her power to get kids back in the classroom safely, and ideally by the end of this month, with the youngest students going back to school sometime in september, for at least some in person instruction. Under the mayors suggested timeline, middle schools could reopen by midoctober, high schools potentially by november, but she said it all depends on what happens with the spread of covid19 between now and then. Private and Charter Schools are expected to be the first to reopen, because reopening any Public Schools would involve additional negotiations with the teachers union. More than 50 schools have already submitted applications for limited in Person Learning in San Francisco. The mayor says Elementary School applications will be granted first, and she explained why. Especially those students who may not have parents or grandparents or Family Support to help them in their lessons. Even when we have provided them with devices and internet service, they are still falling further behind. We know how vital, how vital it is that kids have access to people who are able to help them with their lesson plans. Reporter now, San Francisco is in the state Health Departments read category when it comes to current covid19 infections. It is in better shape than just about every other county in the bay area with the exception of napa, which is also in that read category. Under state rules, if the county stays in that category for more than 14 days, then they can start taking steps to allow schools to reopen. Again, as mayor breed said, it is not her decision, and there is a process involved in reopening schools, especially Public Schools, it is a process that the mayor says should begin this month. Reporting live, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Today at noon, Governor Newsom will provide an update on the current status of the coronavirus here in california during a News Conference. The number of the coronavirus cases started trending down since the middle of last month. Johns Hopkins University reporting california currently has more than 717,000 cases. The state recorded more than 4500 cases yesterday. Californias single day record is 13,000, which happened near the end of july. The state death toll is that more than 13,000. We will bring you the governors News Conference for you live during the ktvu fox 2 news at noon. A church in santa clara has now been fined more than 50,000 for Holding Indoor Church Services during the covid19 pandemic, violating health restrictions. North valley baptist has been hit with the fines and was first fined 10,000, but after more Church Services were held last wednesday, and this past sunday, the church has now been fined 52,000. The pastor says that his members have the right to gather and worship. We are not closing down this church. I hope you get this message. I dont know what the consequences on your part is going to be, but i know that america, i know america does not want this to happen in her country, and at this church. Churches and other houses of worship were ordered to stop Holding Indoor Services Back in midmarch. There is no set timeline for reopening. Now to live pictures and a south bay developing story we have been covering throughout the morning. We have just learned that the coroner has arrived at the scene here in san jose. Police tell us they are going to be at this scene or at least a few more hours now. They say that got a call before midnight am someone who heard gunfire in the area. When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound was pronounced dead at the scene. This is the scene as is it happening right now with these live pictures. This is on clemens avenue. At this point, police have not yet identified the attacker, but the corner to just arrive. We will bring you more information on this developing story as we get it. 34 people were killed in a deadly fire on a scuba diving boat in Southern California one year ago today. The conception dive boat carried 33 passengers on a Labor Day Weekend diving expedition off of santa barbara. The fire started passengers were sleeping. The captain and four crew members escaped, but one crew member to die. Investigations into the cause of the fire, and whether someone is to blame, continue to this day. The boat captain could face a federal manslaughter charge. San Jose State University has opened what the country is calling the first Wildfire Research center. It is being called the wildfire Interdisciplinary Research center. The new department includes five tenuretrack professors who are each focused on a different aspect of wildfires. Research has shown that wildfires will continue to grow and become more frequent as a result of climate change. Researchers say that centers new modeling capabilities will be able to predict where changes will come due to weather and topography. Wildfires create their own weather, and this is the only model in the world that can actually forecast how that impacts fire behavior. The University Says it hopes the Research Conducted at the new center will help california, and the rest of the world, withstand the growing from threat from wildfires. And the big wildfires we have had here in the bay area, it is nice to see those containment numbers continue to go up. Not quite fully contained, but definitely in the 70s for a couple of those fires. A lot of the reason for that is the cooler weather that we have had. They know they are racing against what is going to be a hot weekend. They will get a break today and tomorrow. The committee has gone up. Another went, they would rather have a west wind. Wind is never good but a west wind sure beats a north or northeast. Plus the cooler temperatures. Temperatures inland have come way down. With so many fires, smoke and haze continues to be a big issue. The airquality numbers have been coming down. A lot of people ask me what are you using, my numbers are higher. I am using the air now numbers, and believe me, they are all coming down. I have already double checked on a lot of these. Still a little bit unhealthy up towards santa rosa. Redwood city is at a pretty unhealthy air. Most locations we are seeing these come down a little bit and that strong west wing certainly helps. Guess what, temperatures are on their way up starting on friday. Into the weekend we will get back into someone hundreds. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. Fairfield 62, concord 62. Cordelia has been front and center. Still pretty breezy out along martinez, and American Canyon, lynbrook, and over the phoenicia bridges well. With that fog bag in place, the High Temperatures will be below average today. And they are going above starting on friday. But morning fog and that is a low overcast. That is not going to be quick to burn off. Season 70s to upper 70s and low 80s inland. Tomorrow we will start that warmup and here you go. As we head into the weekend it looks really toasty for some. The good news is it does not look like it is going to last more than 3 to 4 days. Coming up on mornings on 2, some options for working parents trying to do it all when it comes to Distance Learning. In the next hour, the learning coach is now available in the bay area for all of you very busy parents. With many people working from home, students Distance Learning, many families are now looking into other ideas to add more space. After the break, how they are moving their offices outdoors into the backyard to get away from everyone in the house. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones, phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Call or visit vo my name is cynthia hawkins, the owner of Hawkins House of burgers. My grandparents came here in 1939 and weve been serving this community for over 80 years. My dad always said, take care of your community and they will always take care of you. And they have done so. Through the ups and through the downs. My name may be on this building, but this place belongs to all of us. So youre a small businor a big one. How do you bounce back . 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Racket is currently available on demand and to are not digital. In hollywood, fox news. State Assembly Speaker anthony ringtone is apologizing this morning to an east bay lawmaker after she was denied a proxy vote one month after giving birth. Assembly woman buffy wicks traveled from oakland to sacramento with her newborn are the final day of the legislative session. She had asked her to vote remotely because of the covid 19 pandemic mama but she was denied by the Assembly Speaker because women who have just given birth and are on Maternity Leave are not considered to be in a highrisk category for covid19. Incredibl given covid19, and our system is not prepared for this. We do not value working families and working parents. Assembly speaker rendon said his intention was never to be inconsiderate towards wicks. He added he is committed to doing better and taking into account the unique needs of members. In todays dollars and cents, ford is cutting jobs, apple is going to lunch some new iphones, and macys is trying something new. Pam cook, back with us for this mornings dollars and cents. Reporter macys plans to test out some Smaller Stores to see how they do. The retailer is looking for new ideas as malls suffer across the country in many citiesand b some of those areas. No word yet on which cities will get those Smaller Stores first. When the opening bell rang this morning, investors took some gains in apple and tesla. Those stocks were down a bit today, but after some big games this week and the last couple of weeks. Taking alive look at the big board right now, the dow and the s p 500 are hanging onto the games from the opening bell numbers this morning, with the dow as you can see a bit more than a half percent. The nasdaq now slipping a little bit, but again, tech stocks has done really well. We are receiving conflicting reports about consumer spending. Now a j. P. Morgan Economist Says although the extra 600 in Unemployment Benefits expired, spending did not drop significantly. A separate report finds backto School Spending actually be up this year. Now, parents as we know are not buying new clothing, shoes, or backpacks because of remote instruction, but many have been forced to buy more expensive items, such as computers and desks. With people working from home, and kids doing Distance Learning from home, people are now looking at new solutions to add more space to that home. Backyard shed sales are booming. Companies that build custom shows in the bay area say covid 19 has dramatically increased business. Many customers are looking to create a home office in the backyard, have their own privacy, maybe escape from everyone else in the house. They can cost as much as 5000 18,000, depending on what you get. They are warning customers to check the local codes and ordinances just in case. He may need a permit to build one of those sheds in your backyard. Apple reportedly planning to launch for new Iphone Models with 5g compatibility next month. According to a report from bloomberg, apple will introduce two standard iphone 12 models, as well as to pro models. Apple is also planning to launch a redesigned ipad era tablet, two more models of its apple watch, and his first pair of apple branded over the ear headphones. Apple usually unveils new models in september, but this years launches delayed, likely due to the 5g upgrades and the pandemic. Trying to get the cost of a phone down. Meantime, samsung did just unveil its cheapest 5g phone, as well as a charger that can charge multiple devices at once. I am pam cook and that is a look at your dollars and cents. It is now 8 50. We talk about traffic. My little boys ear is part when you said there was a problem with the babies earlier. They said, we have traffic again, and i thought things were loosening up a little. They are loosening up a little bit. That means more people on the road. It is not like it was before the pandemic, but we do have things that cause slow traffic, like this crash in danville i am going to tell you about. It is still there on 680 south as you approach the danville area, Sycamore Valley road. Watch for so traffic as you drive down south bound 680. Give yourself plenty of extra time there. Or alamo to san ramon, you have to pass through danville, an can see. 880 looks all right if you are driving up to downtown oakland. At the bay bridge, we still have so traffic. It has not recovered from that earlier problem. There are a lot of people going into San Francisco. 8 51, lets bring steve back in here. The fog bank has made its move and it is settled in quite nicely. If you like a cooler pattern, today is the day. When santa rosa, concord, livermore, and san jose all say cloudy, then that is a load cloud deck there. There is your fog bank. It has made a huge move here. It is up and down the coast and extends well out into the pacific. Still kind of hazy but some of the air quality has improved dramatically. When you get 40 mileperhour winds, it will blow it at least of the area for a while. 50s and 60s. Fairfield and brentwood 63, Mountain View 62. Cordelia west at 32. They were up to 42 early this morning. Travis was 37. Altamont pass was 37. It is steady as she goes and solid for us. High pressure is nosing in. Not so much today, but it will start to really flex its muscle on thursday, and then it really kicks in on friday and into the weekend. It looks to be some 100 degree readings for many this weekend. So, 60s, 70s, and 80s. The High Temperatures are below average. The lows are running above due to the cloud cover and went. If you like it cool, today is your day. It wont be too bad thursday, and then we turn it up friday and into the weekend. It is 8 52. 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Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att new this morning, the city of pleasanton cutting down a tree that is about 125 years old. Lets bring in a live picture here from pleasanton is the final removal work is underway. A few people have showed up to see the tree one last time. Some neighbors near it the park are pretty angry about this removal, saying the tree is, quote, a landmark. The city says it is removing this tree because it is infected with an incurable fungus causing prices to fall on people. A 90yearold resident says the city shouldve notified the community about the removal sooner. This tree is my statue of liberty for the city of pleasanton. I hate to see it go. I was noticing on the back of the tree there is actually a heart that is there. This is the heart of pleasanton. It is in this park, it is like that smalltown type of feel that is here. A city representative said wasnt and is not required to issue a Public Notice to remove a tree, but did announce it on social media because of the trees popularity. It will take several days to cut and clear the tree. Stir mega casino outside of sacramento was trying his hand at outdoor gambling. In citrus heights, stones gambling hall is now welcoming guests for openair gaming under a specialized tent. Employees say they are taking extra safety precautions while also providing air conditioning and ministers to help keep people comfortable during the hot weather. We were just so nervous because when we first opened it was like 100 degrees. Of course we took ahead. Being close in general is a big hit for us and our workers. But we are excited with this new concept. It seems to be doing really well. Employees essay transitioning the casino into an outdoor setting came with some challenges, but they say it is a step toward bringing some normalcy to life during the covid19 pandemic. Her mega report reveals just how hard the pandemic has been also married couples. According to the report from the legal templates, divorce rates in the u. S. Spiked 34 between march and june impaired to 2019. A third of those couples say the pandemic and lockdown were tos were the hardest hit with 20 of the divorcing couples being married for five back months or less. The oakland as are not going to play again until friday at the earliest after a positive covid test within the organization. Everyone else besides that one individual has had at least two negative test. Still, major League Baseball is taking no chances and is delaying the games. These are scheduled to play friday in oakland to start a series against those san diego padres. Tremendous emphasis go giants playing a little day baseball today out in the mile high city at the maki mountains. Yesterdays games between these two teams, the rockies and giants, was one for the record books. The score 235. Three home runs, three doubles, and a tied majorleague record with five extrabase hits for the game. He also tied willie mays giants record with 60 total bases. Dickerson, donovan solano, and crawford all drove in six runs apiece. No team has ever seen three of its players driving six runs in one game. Todays game first pitch is at 12 10 pacific time. Tom cruise is apparently pretty tired of all the delays in filming. The next Mission Impossible sequel to the seventh movie in the series, is being filmed at several locations in europe, and production is had to stop because of the pandemic. Now there are reports that he has rented an entire norwegian cruise liner to serve as a mobile hotel until the end of the month for about 400 cast and crew members. Any additional delays could push back next years planned release for the film. Is sparking controversy for getting her hair done, inside of a closed San Francisco salon. How house Speaker Nancy Pelosi response after the salon owner released a video of the appointment. Also in San Francisco, working on a timeline to get Students Learning again in person. When the mayor, london breed, predicts students could return to the classroom. Also, while virtual classes remain in place, one bay area businesses stepping in to help busy parents are going to juggle work and teaching full time. We will let yoabout the learning coaches available to help students. Cermak good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. We are looking at a live picture of the cloudy San Francisco bay area, from the oakland estuary